Husnain Awan

• Worked on a Datacenter migration project that involved moving all the network and server infrastructure from one location to another.  worked on a cabling plan, rack elevations, and  procurements to build out the data center
• Setup Hyper-V replication for critical systems in order to maintain offsite fail-over capability
• Accessed and managed a domain level account involving  servers, virtual desktops and service accounts
• Managed, maintained and setup several Hyper-V Host servers on a Windows Server 2012 cluster
• Setup and managed multiple Hyper-V clusters for hosting VDI desktops and  production Windows 2008\2012 and Linux virtual servers.   Built and configured System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2012 server and designed logical network infrastructure to setup a Private Cloud
• Setup and managed highly available load-balanced Remote Desktop Session Host farms (Terminal Servers) for Shared Desktop use
• Managed, upgraded, and maintained several SolarWinds applications servers Network Performance Monitor, NetFlow Traffic Analyzer, Network Configuration Manager, Server & Application Monitor, Storage Manager and Virtualization Manager
• Managed and administered Backups  using Veeam for VM Backups and Replication
• Worked on  a  migration project  to upgrade a Hyper-V cluster from 2008 R2  to 2012 R2
• Installed and configured Symantec EndPoint Protection (SEP) Antivirus on several servers from centralized console while working with the security team. Applied Exclusions policis  to the Hyper-V cluster storage
• Maintained, and monitored server hardware Using Dell OpenManage, Lifecycle Controller (UEFI) as well as iDRAC (out of band)
• Functioned as a team member in a Data Center operations support team and after hours on-call support
• Trained and mentored new team members on the Virtualization environment and Data Center infrastructure
• Administered and performed upgrades on Dell Equallogics and Compellent SAN. Carved out storage space in the form of Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) to customers
• Worked with Cisco and Dell For 10 Switches for configuring ports and VLANs as well as performing maintenance on them
• Applied Powershell and SQL scripts to resolve issues with Systems center applications, virtualization, and to automate processes
• Applied wild card certificates to internal websites
• Worked on hardening and mitigating Nexus  Cisco switches based on Tenable security scans
• Assisted the Help-desk team with customers to another location which involved setting up switches and

Administered day to day running of the BMC FootPrints Ticketing Systems and MS SQL 2008 servers-Designing workspaces for departments within FootPrints - Adding, modifying and removing user and support staff accounts-Running upgrades and scripts on the servers-Making changes to various workspaces based on customer needs - Creating escalations and workflows for various projects in FootPrints

Installed,  configured, operated and troubleshooted MS SharePoint 2010 Portal Services - Setup and maintained websites using SharePoint 2010Team Services - Performed regular updated to the SharePoint server - Administered user accounts on the SharePoint server - Installed, configured, operated and troubleshooted SQL server 2008 Databases using SQL Server Management Studio  - Maintained, managed and setup Windows 2003/2008

Monitored server/system hardware operations to ensure properly set configuration options - Planned implementation of enhancements and upgrades to the system

- Installation and testing of system hardware

- Advised customer of hardware requirements, configurations and limitations - Maintained contact with vendors during problem restoration and advises customer and management of restoration status - Supported Government - furnished NSSM tools, PING, TRACERT and other common troubleshooting commands, prepared to diagnose and resolve problems at the physical and data link layers and common problems at the network (IP) layer - Participated in the DIACAP remediation on  Windows servers - Applied Gold Disk and retina scans on Laptops - Added Macs to the domain and ran specially designed software to secure them - Secured laptops and desktops on the networks by configuring the registry keys and group policy settings 

Providing support by administering it remotely through the F.D.C.A portal - Assigning, and resolving tickets using Remedy as well as maintaining SLA - Administer user accounts on Safeboot server - Re-image laptops and desktops using the Altiris server - Administration of AD and Novell users and group access - Push approved software on workstations using Altiris - Troubleshooting VPN connections - Troubleshoot network connectivity by accessing the Cisco routers and switches through the Cisco IOS - Lotus Notes 8.0 installation and configuration - Administer network security through port security on switches - Restore data from the network share by using IBM Tivoli - Using ConsoleOne for remote network troubleshooting to regional offices - Troubleshoot, maintain and configure Windows 2003/2008 - Overseeing and reporting that server back-up processes were completed successfully on a daily basis - Perform security updates on servers

Providing support by phone or in person to a large user base - Completing, recording, closing and assigning tickets using Remedy - Administer user accounts in Active Directory
Install approved software on workstations - Troubleshoot various types of printers and network connectivity issues on workstations - Setup new user email and login accounts - Replacing and upgrading various types of hardware - Repair workstations experiencing blue screens or trap errors - Trained users experiencing minor problems with the workstations - Assisted with over 200 migrations related to upgrading agency’s hardware

 Java, C & C ++ Programming Languages - Unix System Administration - Mathematics